Robert Bland

Visiting Professor

Education:
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
M.B.A., University of Tennessee
M.P.A., University of Tennessee
B.S., (biology) Pepperdine University

Robert L. (Bob) Bland is Professor of Public Administration at the University of North Texas where he teaches graduate courses in public finance, governmental accounting, and budgeting. He has been on the faculty at UNT since 1982.  He is the author of A Revenue Guide for Local Government (2nd edition, 2005) and A Budgeting Guide for Local Government (3rd edition, 2013) both published by the International City/County Management Association, and of several articles on the municipal bond market, property taxation, and municipal budgeting. On two occasions he conducted workshops in Poland on revenue sources for local governments. In 2006 he was selected as an Honor Professor by the UNT Student Government Association. He was the recipient of the first Terrell Blodgett Academician Award presented by the Texas City Management Association in 2007. He also received the Stephen B. Sweeney Academic Award from ICMA in October 2007. In 2012, he was elected as a fellow in the National Academy of Public Administration, an independent, non-profit and non-partisan organization that provides expert advice to Congress and federal agencies. 

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